Fig. 537. Button-hole loop to the right.
Fig. 538. Fastening the threads to the cord.
The first thread on the left, marked 1 in fig. [540], serves as cord to the threads 2, 3, 4, which are looped in succession over thread 1.
Fig. 539. Bar slanting to the right. The knot open.
Fig. 540. Bar slanting to the right. Thread 2 knotted over thread 1.
Fig. [541] represents threads 2, 3 and 4, knotted thread 1 and in the second bar, thread 2 becoming in its turn the cord, and having threads 3, 4 and 1 knotted over it, whilst it is being held, tightly stretched in the right hand. The knotting should be done with the left hand.